saltwater and rust
eye like a
barnacle
wielding a cruel kiss
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flannel-rag blindfold;
shudder down
and down the down
into the deeper-
shadow-bandits
and hollow cricket calls
the light under
the door
my hands as they've
become
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absorbed into the
dream of it
like I am water
like I could become
the rain
or a clock
or a shadow on your
cheek
consumed
like I am an
object
in the diorama
food for thought
bearing your thirst
suffering the song
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driving under the influence
five days running
out of gas
fuel for fire
sweet-mouth tangle
snap-kiss throwback
dragon at the wheel
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tiger lilies and
gravestones
tiptoeing head
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tone deaf collision
in a shudder-slap minute
this secret abortion
this birthday wish gone wrong
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only the words most necessary
essential
the sky will
meet you
halfway
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tomatoes on the windowsill
fat hard flesh
absorbing light
in the afterglow of sacrifice
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hey, sweet baby,
hey,
sunflower seed-
urban hum masked
by green
swollen garden secrets
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rain like
fever breaking
my body's weight
reasoning with gravity
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exhaust my fear
quiet my blood
sleep's gate
creaking crooked
by a hinge
----------
cold as Christ
heavy
eating my bones
down
below the
summer
in the
ghost of it
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the ocean moves/ slow/
carrying contagion;
whisper into a
howl-
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satisfaction
almost
your silhouette
sharp
against my throat
your shadow's
shadow
crouched for
murder
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bastard mouth
burns like a fist
a legion of mermaids
sing the blues
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my hands waking
like hungry baby birds
let me see all of you
fields of fear
torn open
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street lamps in solidarity
shine on
massaging fire escapes
coaxing light
into the
tangled shadows
as they unravel
and knot
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sparrows fallen
to the dirt
hit like hail
like ice in summer
like midnight sun
toppling
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More poetry by Anna Lea
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